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TIL: The Pig War of 1859 was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain that started when an American settler killed a pig. The conflict grew to involve warships and hundred of troops on both sides.

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loQ6K TIL that the United States hired former Wehrmacht Chief of Staff Franz Halder to write their official history of the Eastern Front of WWII to downplay Nazi war crimes in order to make the Soviets appear as bad as possible and was even awarded by the American government for his work
GY7rg TIL approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account
Z4dR TIL that in 1847, a doctor performed an amputation in 25 seconds, operating so quickly that he accidentally amputated his assistant’s fingers as well. Both later died of sepsis, and a spectator reportedly died of shock, resulting in the only known procedure with a 300% mortality rate.
ne4QW TIL The Soviet KGB fabricated evidence linking the Central Intelligence Agency to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and passed the material to unwitting conspiracy theorists in the United States, according to the Mitrokhin Archive based on KGB files brought to the West by a defector.
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